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Shares of Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) are higher on the session by 5.77%, trading at $41.95. Overall call volume is now running at 2.44x the daily average, with 48% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,994 contracts have traded on the session so far. Blackboard Inc. is a...

Shares of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) are higher on the session by 3.26%, currently trading at $62.07. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past two months and is currently consolidating between the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short...

This morning, the major stock indexes are soaring higher in a broad based advance. As we know, the major stock indexes have been under pressure over the past month. At this time many traders are wondering if this rally is just a short term bottom, or just a one day bounce from a very oversold...

Avis Budget Group Inc (NASDAQ: CAR) shares surged 3.63% to $16.54 at 10:30 am. The volume of CAR shares traded was 225% higher than normal. CAR agreed to buy Avis Europe PLC for around 635 million pounds, or $1.0 billion in cash. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (NASDAQ: CBRL) shares moved up...

Shares of Honda Motor Co (NYSE: HMC) fell about 0.6% after the company projects a 63.5% drop in its profit for the current fiscal year. Honda expects a profit of 195 billion yen ($2.4 billion) for the current fiscal year, down from 534 billion yen in the last fiscal year. However, analysts expected...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Tuesday, June 14, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Tuesday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading higher as crude oil futures trade lower. The U.S. dollar is trading slightly...

FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE: FDS) reported a 12% rise in its third-quarter profit on Tuesday. FactSet Research's profit surged to $43.3 million, or $0.92 per share, from $38.7 million, or $0.81 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's revenue climbed 15% to $183.7 million....

Wizzard Media (NYSE: WZE) today announced it is seeing a 26% increase in average weekly signups in 2011 vs. average weekly signups for 2010. In addition, Wizzard's premier podcast distribution and monetization platform Libsyn.com has seen average weekly client account revenues increase 27% for 2011...

The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session: 1) Greif (NYSE: GEF): Shares of Greif hit a 52-week high of $67.36 in Monday's trading session. The stock closed at $67.04. The year-to-date performance of Greif has been a gain of 9%. 2) Raptor Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: RPTP...

Agilysys Inc (NASDAQ: AGYS) is projected to post a Q4 loss at $0.27 per share on revenue of $158.78 million. FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE: FDS) is estimated to post its Q3 earnings at $0.92 per share on revenue of $183.10 million. Capstone Turbine Corp (NASDAQ: CPST) is expected to post a...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Analysts expect Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) to report its Q1 EPS at $0.33 on revenue of $10.70 billion. BBY shares jumped 0.56% to $28.98 in after-hours trading. Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) named 29-year veteran Ann Livermore to the...

Citi provided color on Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE). In a research report published today, Citi stressed its belief that the macro outlook has deteriorated, but that Adobe is able to withstand this deterioration and to improve its results. In the report, Citi states, "While expectations have...

I'm cheap. I like to buy stuff when its on sale. The same applies to stocks. I recently bought Johnson & Johnson, and Google. Both are trading at historically low P/E and Price/Free Cash Flow ratios. But, the market for bubble stocks seems to be alive and kicking. LinkedIn (LNKD) just went...

Solera Holdings (NYSE: SLH) announced today that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Audatex North America, Inc. ("Audatex") has priced and increased the amount of a private offering to $450 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2018 ("Notes"). Solera anticipates that the closing...

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services recommends that Lawson stockholders vote “FOR” the Company's proposed acquisition by GGC Software Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor, at the special meeting of stockholders, scheduled...